Posts by Maureen Milliken
Entrepreneurs of color across New Hampshire can apply for the second round of C-DEE Accelerator grants beginning Monday.
Opponents of the conversion of the former Daniel Webster Boy Scouts of America headquarters to a 20-bed residence for women in recovery had appealed the board’s Jan. 11 decision to approve the variance. The complaints charged that opponents weren’t given a fair amount of time to air their concerns, that the board ignored evidence, and that Chair Anne Ketterer had “coerced” one member into voting for the variance.
The IRS on Tuesday launched its new free Direct File tax program in 12 states, including New Hampshire for taxpayers with simple returns who take the standard deduction. The IRS estimates that about one-third of all taxpayers in the pilot states are eligible for the program. The program, which has been up and running in a more limited form for a month, is available in both English and Spanish versions.
Some sales indicators for existing single-family homes in New Hampshire ticked toward the positive in February, but the big indicators for buyers – price and affordability – remained stubbornly high and out of reach for many.
Two of the opponents of a congregant care home in the former Daniel Webster Boy Scouts of America headquarters on Holt Avenue are seeking a rehearing on the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s January decision to allow the new use at the property.
Imagine that you have tickets for really good seats at a Taylor Swift concert, but as you’re driving there, in sight of the stadium, you inexplicably turn around and go home. No concert. No contact, or even a glimpse, of one of the biggest stars in the music universe. Nothing. That, according to author and eclipse chaser David Baron, is the equivalent of not traveling on April 8 to the path of totality for the solar eclipse.
Small businesses that are economically vulnerable and under-resourced, but have community reach, may apply for a Backing Small Business grant beginning March 14.
Macy’s announced Tuesday that will close 150 unproductive stores over the next three years, including 50 by the end of the year, but hasn’t announced yet whether any of New Hampshire’s stores will be among those shut down.
The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance will hold its Old House and Barn Expo, a two-day, one-location event for the first time since it was canceled in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The region’s hospitals, particularly emergency departments, are still being stretched to their limit with the rise in respiratory viruses, combined with workforce shortages and other issues, the New Hampshire Hospital Association said during a Feb. 15 interview.